<p>The incident happened in Redhill, Surrey just before 5pm yesterday&nbsp;although Surrey Police have insisted that no reports of a missing child have yet been received.</p>

<p>A spokesman for&nbsp;Surrey Police&nbsp;said: &quot;A member of the public reported seeing the child taken into the van at 4.43pm today in Redstone Hill.</p>

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<p>&quot;The van then left the area.&quot;</p>
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<p>The child has been described as being white, approximately 4ft tall and around 6 or 7 years-old.</p>

<p>Surrey Police are currently &quot;carrying out a massive operation to get to the bottom of what the&nbsp;member of the public saw&quot;.</p>

<p>They say there are treating the incident as being &quot;extremely serious&quot; with a large number of officers searching for the vehicle.</p>

<p>They have cordoned off the scene and are asking the public for any assistance.</p>

<p>Superintendent Bex Smith from Surrey Police said: &quot;This is an incident we are taking extremely seriously and are asking for anyone with any information regarding the child, the van or what happened to come forward.</p>

<p>A van in CCTV footage released by police has been found and&nbsp;ruled out of their enquiries this morning however poilce are still looking for a similar modified van.</p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.6;">Anyone with any information should contact Surrey Police and quote Operation Bigfoot.</span></p>

<p>Alternatively you can contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555 111.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">We don&#39;t know who the boy in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Redhill?src=hash">#Redhill</a> VW incident is.<br />
If you know bike or boy w/ red T shirt, blue jeans call us 999 <a href="https://t.co/pbN1M6VwvG">pic.twitter.com/pbN1M6VwvG</a></p>
&mdash; Surrey Police (@SurreyPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/SurreyPolice/status/768916605065715712">August 25, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">As a result of our enquiries the van in the CCTV has been traced &amp; ruled out however we still look for a similar style modified, black van.</p>
&mdash; Surrey Police (@SurreyPolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/SurreyPolice/status/769067817027141632">August 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
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